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Song of Time shares the John W Campbell Award!
Posted by Paul Raven on June 30th, 2009 at 12:54
Wow – much as we believed it to be a great novel, we weren’t expecting Ian R Macleod‘s Song of Time to win the Arthur C Clarke Award earlier in the year.
We certainly weren’t expecting it to win the Clarke and tie for first place in the 2009 John W Campbell Award, but that’s exactly what has happened. So bravo, Ian – we’re as proud as can be! [news via Science Fiction Awards Watch]
Song of Time shares the top slot with Little Brother, the much-lauded young adult novel from sf-nal stalwart Cory Doctorow, so many congratulations to him – and to all the other nominees as well.
Both Doctorow and MacLeod will be appearing at the awards ceremony, held by the University of Kansas on 10th July. If you’re able to attend, please buy both the winners a drink on us! :)
July 1st, 2009 at 10:15 am
Song of Time is a fine novel, sensitively written and beautifully cadenced, and is the best example of ‘science fiction as literature’ we’ve seen foir many a year. Congratulations on both awards Ian.